侦探漫画 #1086 评论：阴影若隐若现

乌拉尔 - 六月 29, 2023 0

The core theme last issue, and arguably the entire Intermezzo arc before that, was the idea of reconciling the different sides of one’s self. Much of Bruce’s internal conflict stems from how he deals with his trauma in the form of the “Batman” persona. Often this can lead to isolating himself from others (as was just seen in the pages of Batman) or even becoming self-destructive. However, his spiritual journey in the desert has led him to finally accept both sides of himself into a stronger whole. That same idea continues here as Bruce confronts Harvey Dent.

上一期的核心主题，也可以说是之前整个间奏曲的核心主题，是调和自我不同侧面的想法。布鲁斯的大部分内部冲突源于他如何处理“蝙蝠侠”角色所带来的创伤。通常，这会导致他与他人隔绝（正如在蝙蝠侠的书中所看到的那样），甚至变得自我毁灭。然而，他在沙漠中的精神之旅使他最终接受了自己的两面，成为一个更强大的整体。当布鲁斯面对哈维·登特时，同样的想法在这里继续存在。

The conflict with one’s self is an obvious fit for a character called Two-Face. It comes up just about every time he features in a story, and here is no exception. Despite Harvey’s psyche supposedly having been subsumed entirely by his evil side, he still manages to fight back, if even for the briefest of moments. With Batman’s help, he’s able to totally regain control and work with him to create a plan to retake Gotham. Each point of this encounter shares the same idea: embracing the darkness within instead of trying to destroy it. Bruce, Harvey, and even Gotham City itself are all harmed when they try to excise an intrinsic part of themselves.

与自我的冲突显然很适合“两面派”这个角色。几乎每次他出现在故事​​中时，这个词都会出现，这里也不例外。尽管哈维的心灵据称已完全被他邪恶的一面所吞没，但他仍然设法反击，即使是在最短暂的时刻。在蝙蝠侠的帮助下，他能够完全重新获得控制权，并与蝙蝠侠一起制定夺回哥谭的计划。这次遭遇的每一点都有着相同的想法：拥抱内心的黑暗，而不是试图摧毁它。布鲁斯、哈维，甚至哥谭市本身，当他们试图切除自己的内在部分时，都会受到伤害。

This is also the core of the Orgham’s plan. Like so many real life politicians, they want to divide society by creating an abject “other” which can be used to include all of their enemies. More than that, it instills obedience and terror in those on the inside, lest they be assailed by the other, or worse, become them. Of course, this is comics, so mundane ideas must be expressed in fantastical ways. The Orghams do not simply metaphorically turn the impoverished into monsters to be feared – they literally transform them. This attack also doubles as a false flag to demonize anyone who might challenge their rule.

这也是奥格姆计划的核心。像许多现实生活中的政客一样，他们希望通过创造一个卑鄙的“他者”来分裂社会，这个“他者”可以用来包容他们所有的敌人。不仅如此，它还向内部人士灌输服从和恐惧，以免他们受到他人的攻击，或者更糟的是，成为他们的对手。当然，这是漫画，平凡的想法必须用奇幻的方式来表达。奥格姆夫妇并不只是隐喻性地把穷人变成令人恐惧的怪物——他们确实改变了他们。这次攻击还兼作虚假旗帜，妖魔化任何可能挑战其统治的人。

All of this is made so much more effective by the art. Stefano Raffaele’s heavy linework continues to create a surreal and foreboding atmosphere. It can especially be felt in the sequence with the Ten-Eyed Man, where he’s presented as a deranged version of Oracle who taps into the psychic energy of the city instead of its computers. However, what I really want to focus on is Lee Loughridge’s colors. His use of stark color contrasts makes everything on the page pop, even if in subtle ways. Each panel will only contains two or three colors, but then rely on slight hue changes to give it depth. It greatly adds to the alien feeling of the story.

所有这一切都因艺术而变得更加有效。斯特凡诺·拉斐尔（Stefano Raffaele）厚重的线条继续营造出一种超现实和不祥的氛围。在《十眼人》的场景中尤其能感受到这一点，他被描绘成一个疯狂版本的神谕者，利用城市的精神能量而不是计算机。然而，我真正想关注的是 Lee Loughridge 的色彩。他对鲜明色彩对比的使用使页面上的所有内容都流行起来，即使是以微妙的方式。每个面板仅包含两种或三种颜色，但随后依靠轻微的色调变化来赋予其深度。这极大地增加了故事的陌生感。

The one exception to this style, which only further emphasizes its use elsewhere, is in the scenes introducing Duela Dent which take place in a normal suburban neighborhood. Part of this is to make it all the more shocking when the Joker arrives, but I’m not sure he works here. While Raffaele’s unsettling linework does a great job of creating unease elsewhere in the story, his Joker maybe goes too far. Any sense of joviality or humor is lost in what just comes across as foul. This is mirrored by the writing, where the only “jokes” are that he thinks it’s funny when things die. Despite a characterization over-infatuated with murder, Joker is only briefly present. His primary purpose is to bring Duela into the story by ruining her peaceful life.

这种风格的一个例外是在普通郊区发生的 Duela Dent 场景中，它只会进一步强调其在其他地方的使用。这样做的一部分是为了让小丑到来时更加令人震惊，但我不确定他在这里工作。虽然拉斐尔令人不安的线条很好地在故事的其他地方制造了不安，但他的小丑可能太过分了。任何欢乐或幽默感都会在那些被认为是肮脏的事情中消失。这在写作中得到了反映，其中唯一的“笑话”是他认为事物死亡时很有趣。尽管小丑的角色过于迷恋谋杀，但他只是短暂出现。他的主要目的是通过破坏杜埃拉平静的生活来将她带入故事。

It’s too early to say where her inclusion will be going, but as of now it feels very out of left field. We’re very late in the run (only three issues left to go) to be introducing an entirely new character, especially one with so much potential narrative baggage. It grinds the pacing of this issue to a halt as we get caught up to speed on who she is and why she’s involved, and even then it’s still not clear why she’s part of it. This sequence does tie into the overall theme of masking your true self with a veneer of acceptability, so hopefully that will come to the forefront as she plays a presumably larger role next month.

现在说她的加入将走向何方还为时过早，但就目前而言，这感觉非常不合时宜。我们在推出一个全新角色方面已经很晚了（只剩下三期了），尤其是一个具有如此多潜在叙事包袱的角色。当我们快速了解她是谁以及她为何参与其中时，这件事的节奏就戛然而止，即便如此，我们仍然不清楚她为何参与其中。这个序列确实与用可接受的外表掩盖真实的自我的总体主题相关，所以希望当她下个月扮演一个更重要的角色时，这一点会成为最重要的。

Score: 7.5/10

得分：7.5/10

Backup: Habeas Corpus

备份：人身保护令

The backup gives a glimpse into Harvey’s mind with a setup that should initially look very familiar. It involves him managing his criminal empire through fear, mitigated by his reliance on the flip of a coin for whether to be good or evil. The opening successfully captures the seedy, crime-filled atmosphere in which Harvey operates. Much of this is thanks to Lisandro Estherren’s art along with Patricio Delpeche’s colors, which ooze grime in the dark streets of Gotham.

备份让我们一睹哈维的思想，其设置最初看起来应该非常熟悉。他通过恐惧来管理他的犯罪帝国，而他依靠抛硬币来判断是善还是恶，从而缓解了这种恐惧。开头成功地捕捉到了哈维所处的肮脏、充满犯罪的氛围。这在很大程度上要归功于 Lisandro Estherren 的艺术以及 Patricio Delpeche 的色彩，这些色彩在哥谭黑暗的街道上渗出污垢。

A lot of time (maybe too much for such a short story) is spent with Harvey monologuing about the current situation so as to explain what’s happened so far. However, once that’s out of the way we get to the meat of the story: his inner conflict of whether or not to punish a subordinate

哈维花了很多时间（对于这样一个短篇小说来说可能太多了）独白当前的情况，以解释到目前为止发生的事情。然而，一旦解决了这个问题，我们就进入了故事的核心：他关于是否惩罚下属的内心冲突